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Katheryn97T @katheryn97t.bsky.social · Nov 26
I fell down a research rabbit hole when I discovered that brides in early modern England wore knives (!) and ended up writing an entire article about it #AcademicSky #PhDSky
Project MUSE - Knives and Femininity on the Early Modern Stage
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#46: Magic
A screenshot of the headline to a Guardian column by Adrian Chiles. It reads: I visited Runcorn for the first time this week and was blown away by its magic My Dearest Peterson If you are reading this letter, it means that I have failed and am most likely either dead or consigned to that hellish realm of half-existence for which the Black Mage has appointed himself gaoler. Do not mourn too long for me—I knew that in confronting Professor Deacon in person I was taking a terrible risk, but I had hoped that in applying all that we have learned about the source of his dark powers I might be able to find a way to defeat him. Alas, it seems that I was mistaken. I write to you from The Prospect Inn, a hostelry in the small town of Runcorn, where I have been residing these past two nights since I departed from our London apartments. Though it pained me immeasurably to leave you, still so wounded and unwell from our last battle with Deacon’s sorcerous acolytes, I knew that I must—word reached me from one of my students that Deacon had moved north and was preparing to carry out a supernatural assault on one of the great industrial cities, a demonstration of his Dark Magics far beyond what either of us have seen before. I knew that this might be our only chance to stop him, a chance which, with all that is at stake, I could not spurn. The moon is now high in the dark winter sky. I will leave this letter with instructions to the landlord to deliver it to you should I not return by morning. I can already feel the inky tendrils of Deacon’s sorcery reaching out through the night to find me and I fear that in the face of his enormous eldritch power my faith and reason may not be enough to survive. I can only hope to take him unawares and destroy his physical body before he should take possession of my soul. I hope you will forgive my leaving, and will understand why I take this risk. Know that I am forever your friend. May God be with us both. A
January 29, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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5⭐️ books read in January 💙📚

The Aeneid by Virgil (tr. Scott McGill and Susannah Wright)
January 31, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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This week’s #FridayReads is They Came to Baghdad 💙📚
January 30, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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If you’re looking for something to lose yourself in, I really enjoyed The Eternal Daughter (on iPlayer)
The Eternal Daughter
A middle-aged film-maker and her elderly mother return to the old home of a relative in North Wales, where they confront long-buried secrets.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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This week’s #FridayReads is How I Wish I’d Taught Maths by Craig Barton 💙📚
January 23, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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Sinners is the most nominated film in OSCARS HISTORY!!!
Sinners Has More Oscar Nominations Than Any Other Film Ever - Reactor
Congratulations to every single person who worked on the best film of the year.
reactormag.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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I had some minor quibbles about Into the Midnight Wood, but I loved the story too much to care (5⭐️) 💙📚
The cover of Into the Midnight Wood by Alexandra McCollum, which is dark blue and framed by the silhouettes of trees with animals perched on the branches. At the bottom is a house, with the silhouettes of two people and a small dog in front of it. When Meredith drives yet another housemate away, David decides it's finally time to move out of Midnight Cottage. But as magic begins to seep out of Midnight Wood, placing Meredith's life in danger, David starts to suspect that there's more to Meredith than he had suspected, and more to David's feelings towards him than he'd care to admit. I have some minor quibbles with this book, but I loved the story too much to care about them. The magical elements to Into the Midnight Wood are never really explained, although I loved the world Alexandra McCollum has created where magic can be taken for granted by some characters and treated with scepticism by others. The characters can also be a little caricaturish at times, and (in classic romance style) failures of communication sometimes test the boundaries of plausibility. But I was utterly swept up by this joyous tale of queer love and found family, which adds an imaginative twist to some of my favourite tropes. I loved the balance between sweet and spice, humour and heart, and I would happily read many more books about David and Meredith and their cottage on the edge of Midnight Wood.
January 22, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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‘I’d come back to the UK – but I’m not playing a cop’: Oscar-tipped Wunmi Mosaku on sensational vampire smash Sinners www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
‘I’d come back to the UK – but I’m not playing a cop’: Oscar-tipped Wunmi Mosaku on sensational vampire smash Sinners
She grew up on a Manchester council estate. Now she’s gone stratospheric for her pivotal role in Sinners. The star talks about leaving Britain for LA – and the £30 bus trip that changed her life
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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For MLK Day on @letterboxd.social I decided to do a list of essential Civil Rights and Black Liberation movies.
Freedom Now!: a starter pack of 24 films about the Civil Rights Movement and Black liberation • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Robert Daniels recommends 24 films that shed light on the Civil Rights Movement and the ongoing fight for Black liberation in America.
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January 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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"Whatever else happens, we shall remain stupid." (Gustave Flaubert)

I ranked the best works of fiction by the arch-Flaubertian, and very far from stupid, Julian Barnes:
Sex, death and parrots: Julian Barnes’s best fiction – ranked!
As the Booker prize-winning author prepares to publish his final novel at 80, we assess his finest work
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:50 PM
katheryn97t.bsky.social
This week’s #FridayReads is Road Trip with a Vampire by Jenna Levine 💙📚
January 16, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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📚 Bookish Checkpoint 📚💙

✨ Last Read: ‘She Speaks!’ - Harriet Walter
✨ Current Read: ‘Road Trip With a Vampire’ - Jenna Levine
✨ Next Up: ‘Don’t Close Your Eyes’ - Holly Seddon
✨ Last Added to TBR: ‘A Swim in the Pond in the Rain’ - George Saunders
The cover of She Speaks! What Shakespeare’s Women Might Have Said by Harriet Walter. The cover of Road Trip With a Vampire by Jenna Levine. The cover of Don’t Close Your Eyes by Holly Seddon. The cover of A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading and Life) by George Saunders.
January 15, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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Not a book I’d have picked up myself (it was a Christmas present), but I enjoyed this insight into performing Shakespeare (4⭐️) 💙📚
A hand holding a paperback copy of She Speaks! What Shakespeare’s Women Might Have Said by Harriet Walter. The cover is dark purple, and features drawings of two women in Shakespearean dress, and two in modern dress.
January 13, 2026 at 9:25 PM
katheryn97t.bsky.social
My first proper introduction to Morse, and I don’t really see what all the fuss is about (3⭐️) 💙📚
The cover of Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter, which features a street scene with a red phone box and lit streetlight at the forefront.
January 11, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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A fun and twisty thriller that’s not without its share of clichés, but my first Michael Robotham won’t be my last 💙📚 (4⭐️)
A hand holding up an ARC (a massive paperback) of The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham. The cover is white and features a red pram, above the tagline ‘The life she wanted wasn’t hers…’
January 9, 2026 at 8:54 PM
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This week’s #FridayReads is The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham, which has been on my TBR for far too long 💙📚
January 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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First review of the year 💙📚

The Living and the Dead is a page-turning mystery by one of Sweden’s leading criminologists, and it’s out now! (4⭐️)
The cover for The Living and the Dead by Christoffer Carlsson, which features a deer looking at the reader. The tagline reads: One town. Two crimes. Twenty years of silence. When a teenage party ends with murder, in a small town in rural Sweden, it will take twenty years for the truth to come out... The Living and the Dead had me gripped from the first page. I loved the way the narrator hints at hidden layers and future events, adding to the sense of unease which surrounds these apparently ordinary people and circumstances. I also loved the small-town setting, and | was impressed by how Carlsson kept me guessing until the very end without resorting to implausible plot twists. The Living and the Dead ticks off several of my favourite crime-fiction tropes, while also making the genre feel fresh and interesting. The narratorial and structural decisions continually surprised me, and the choice of protagonist gives the story the feel of literary fiction. This is a book which feels difficult to describe but easy to recommend, and I enjoyed reading it very much.
January 8, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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Thanks to @faelo23.bsky.social for this Bookriot piece that was exactly what I wanted 🙌

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January 7, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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First book of 2026 ✅

I’d forgotten how brilliant The Aeneid is, and I really enjoyed this fresh translation and introduction 💙📚
A hand holding a hardback copy of The Aeneid by Virgil, translated by Scott McGill and Susannah Wright, and introduced by Emily Wilson. The cover features an image from a fresco, of Aeneas leaning on a spear with an arm around a crying Iulus/Ascanius.
January 6, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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I didn’t know this reason behind spelling Vergil as Virgil (from Emily Wilson’s introduction to The Aeneid)
The conventional "Virgil" spelling-"i" rather than "e"—is a meaningful mistake, motivated by the poet's extraordinary canonical status from the late Roman Empire onward. It suggests that the inspired bard could serve as a virga, a support or staff, for those in need of guidance or wisdom
January 1, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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My top ten books of 2025! drlauratisdall.wordpress.com/2025/12/31/m... #booksky
My Top Ten Books of 2025
It’s time for another top ten books of the year list! (You can find my 2024 post here, my 2023 post here, my 2022 post here, my 2021 post here, my 2020 post here, my 2019 post here, my 2018 post he…
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December 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
katheryn97t.bsky.social
Halfway through the decade! What are your favourite films each year so far?

2020: Emma.
2021: The Power of the Dog
2022: The Batman
2023: Oppenheimer
2024: Conclave
2025: Sinners
davidkuhne.bsky.social David Kuhne @davidkuhne.bsky.social · Jan 1
Halfway through the decade! What are your favourite films each year so far?

2020: The Assistant
2021: Red Rocket
2022: TAR
2023: Do
Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
2024: A Different Man
2025: Eephus
ricosblues.bsky.social Rock @ricosblues.bsky.social · Jan 1
Halfway through the decade! What are your favourite films each year so far?

2020: TENET
2021: LICORICE PIZZA
2022: AMBULANCE
2023: GODZILLA MINUS ONE
2024: THE SUBSTANCE
2025: EDDINGTON
January 1, 2026 at 1:52 PM
katheryn97t.bsky.social
4⭐️ reads in December 💙📚

The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler

The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler

My Vampire Plus-One by Jenna Levine

The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler

Playback by Raymond Chandler

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January 1, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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Since the BBC and most corporate media have decided to become accomplices in the “we’re going to bore you with sequels and remakes until the cinematic experience dies” movement, here’s a thread of original movies coming this year + release dates where available
December 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Ragnar Jónasson’s latest book can be enjoyed as a standalone, but is the second in an Icelandic series that evokes golden age mysteries 💙📚
The cover of The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer by Ragnar Jónasson (tr. Victoria Cribb), which features a desk and chair with papers scattered around it, framed by dark red curtains so it looks like a stage.
December 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM